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Photography 101: Landscapes

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Photography 101:  Landscape Photo #1   Every photography teacher in Columbus is bored with photos of downtown, probably because everyone has taken every single vantage point and angle possible.  But I love a good cityscape, so I knew I had to take one photo of the skyline.  I tried to capture the three aspects that […]

Photography 101: Color and Detail

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Since I’ve been back living in Columbus and working in at an office job full-time, I have had to find a new balance.  It has not been easy, but I have committed to making it work for me. Balance is not just finding time for friends and family, time to relax, and time to take […]

My favorite quirky place in Louisville

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There are so many places I enjoyed in Louisville, but the one that was the most unique and that I could return to again and again and spend hours each time is Joe Ley’s Antiques. Anyone who knows me will tell you I am not into shopping, and antiques bore me to tears. But Joe […]

Delicious NuLu

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“Pace yourself.” That is the first thing Louisville Food Tour owner Kim told us when we met. She explained that over the next 2.5 hours, we would visit six restaurants and eat a small plate of something prepared at the chef’s whim. I did not want to go into a food coma because I was […]

5 things that surprised me about Louisville

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Earlier this year I read that Louisville is one of Lonely Planet’s top US travel destinations for 2013 and later read that Louisville is a Top 10 foodie city in the US. I only live three hours from Louisville.  It had not even crossed my mind to check out the city.  How does it have […]

The sloth whisperer

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Bismar, the guide from my Breakfast at the Farm Tour, is a master at spotting wild animals. As we drove through the vast property of Morgan’s Rock, he talked about the families of monkeys and sloths living in the trees around us. I had seen about a million monkeys on this Nicaragua trip. While it […]

A traditional Nicaraguan breakfast… at the farm!

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When I read that Morgan’s Rock offers a Breakfast at the Farm tour, I jumped at the opportunity to see where ingredients from some of my delicious meals were coming from and learn about what makes the traditional Nicaraguan breakfast unique compared to neighboring countries. Breakfast at the Farm Our tour guide Bismar explained the […]

Can I live here forever?

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For the end of my travels in Nicaragua, I wanted to treat myself.  I wanted to relax and not feel obligated to do anything. After a lot of research, one place seemed like the perfect destination. Morgan’s Rock Morgan’s Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge is located on the southern coast of Nicaragua on a sprawling 4,000-acre jungle […]

The difference a small nonprofit can make

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My last day on Ometepe I took the Totoco Cultural Tour with Martijn’s partner Patricia. As I mentioned before, the Totoco Foundation is a separate entity from the business to ensure that it is not fully dependent on the profitability of the business. I could have spent my morning lounging in the Ojo de Agua […]